The Punisher #29

Part two of "Streets of Laredo" arrives with a cover that doubles as a grim scorecard — a grid of mug-shot portraits, each labeled with a name and a status: Deceased, Incarcerated, At Large. Frank Castle's scarred, weathered face dominates the center of that grid, surveying the tally with cold intensity. Tim Bradstreet's painterly cover work gives the whole thing the feel of a case file closing in on its final entries, and with Garth Ennis and Cam Kennedy driving the story, this 2003 Marvel Knights issue carries the weight of a reckoning well underway.